As Panama struggles to resolve a budget dispute with a consortium of European builders over a plan to widen the Panama Canal ... aboard one of the largest ships that can fit through.

Panamax ships -- a name that describes the maximum sized ship that will fit through the Panama Canal -- are no longer the industry standard. "Post-Panamax" ships, which include many oil tankers ...

China — the largest container importer and exporter through the Port of Houston — is planning retaliatory tariffs on ...

The previous maximum draft was 44.0 feet. Panamax ships, which use the canal’s older locks, will also face tighter rules on July 9, the port administration told clients in an advisory seen by ...

In his inaugural address last month, Donald Trump described the US decision to hand full control of the canal to Panama, in ...

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP ... would remain at 7, while panamax ships (those that pass through the century-old smaller locks) would amount to 24. As of June 1, the former category will ...

Ships are getting bigger (about half the ships now using the canal are the maximum size known as the Panamax that can fit in the canal) and the canal as it is won't be able to cope for much longer.

The ship that struck Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge this week was one of a new, larger class that began plying the route from Asia to the East Coast via the Panama Canal in 2016, when ...

U.S. top diplomat Marco Rubio warned Panama to immediately take steps to address U.S. concerns over Chinese businesses ...

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) reported this week a 29.3% drop in passing ships during Fiscal Year 2024 as a result of the severe drought affecting the interoceanic crossing. A total of 9,944 ...